The way I've always phrased it when people ask is this: roleplaying is a collaborative effort to tell a story with complete strangers. Imagine if all of the characters from Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones were all written by a different person, and they got together and worked to tell the best tale.
If roleplaying became a "mainstream" thing, suddenly became the focus of movies and music and pop culture? It'd be interesting, for one. I think people would still gravitate towards the usual groups that spring up when something becomes popular. Look at Marvel's recent surge.
Iron Man was a good movie. It changed some things about the origins, sort of, but was all in all a solid "retelling" and beyond that, made for a fun movie to watch. Now, of course there were the neckbeards who complained it wasn't set in Vietnam, or that Iron Monger wasn't accurate (or even named in the film!). There were the people who complained when folks who'd never read an Iron Man comic in their lives were now "fans" of the series.
Really, I don't think it would change too much. The folks who take RP super duper seriously would continue to do so. The folks who welcome everyone and anyone would have a lot more friends suddenly! The insular folks would have more people to ignore. It'd be largely what we have now, just with a lot more bodies.
If roleplaying became a "mainstream" thing, suddenly became the focus of movies and music and pop culture? It'd be interesting, for one. I think people would still gravitate towards the usual groups that spring up when something becomes popular. Look at Marvel's recent surge.
Iron Man was a good movie. It changed some things about the origins, sort of, but was all in all a solid "retelling" and beyond that, made for a fun movie to watch. Now, of course there were the neckbeards who complained it wasn't set in Vietnam, or that Iron Monger wasn't accurate (or even named in the film!). There were the people who complained when folks who'd never read an Iron Man comic in their lives were now "fans" of the series.
Really, I don't think it would change too much. The folks who take RP super duper seriously would continue to do so. The folks who welcome everyone and anyone would have a lot more friends suddenly! The insular folks would have more people to ignore. It'd be largely what we have now, just with a lot more bodies.
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